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CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA (1860-1969)

Arms of Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China

Official blazon

Arms: Quarterly indented gules and vert, in the first quarter a representation of Britannia, in the second in front of a palm tree an elephant statant, in the third a fleece, and in the fourth a Chinese junk in full sail Or.
Crest: On a wreath of the colours, Upon a Doric column couped proper a terrestrial globe Or.
Supporters: On the dexter a lion and on the sinister a griffin proper, each charged on the shoulder with and resting the hind paw upon a bezant.
Motto: Partes per eoas (original: Per mundum orientalem).

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